ONIX for Serials
SOH: Serials Online Holdings -
Release 0.9

The Serials Online Holdings (SOH) format is designed to convey information about online serial resources from suppliers – such as hosting services, publication access management services, agents or publishers – to end customers in subscribing libraries. Each instance of the format shows the holdings of a particular subscribing organisation or library available via, or known to, the sending party.

Information in SOH exchanges can be used to advise librarians and their user communities on which resources are available, in which formats and from which sources. Details may be directly viewed and available sources compared, using cascading style sheets or other applications. Alternatively, the exchanges may be used to populate resolution servers within the library organisation concerned.

The extent of coverage of each subscribed resource (date or volume/issue ranges) is included in the SOH exchange, as are details of any applicable embargo conditions in place. The format is specifically designed so that resources may be grouped in a flat “A-Z” listing or hierarchically by supplying service.

Release 0.9 is the version which is currently in the final stages of piloting and will be available on this site early in July 2004.  On completion of the pilots, and the incorporation of any consequent changes, we will issue a first full Release, to be numbered 1.0, after which every effort will be made to maintain upwards compatibility in future revisions.

Download SOH Outline Specification Release 0.9 (PDF)

Download SOH XML Schema Release 0.9 with Codelists (ZIP)

View SOH User Guide Release 0.9 (HTML) (not yet available)

Download SOH User Guide Release 0.9 (ZIP) (not yet available)

(Note that the Codelists file must be held in the same folder as the XML Schema)

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